Author: Brad Meltzer
Cites
- P. J. O’Rourke (1)
- IN: The Zero Game (2004) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: … the real problem is that government is boring.
FROM: Parliament of Whores, (1991), Book, US
- Howard R. Ryland (1)
- IN: The Zero Game (2004) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: If the American people found out what was going on there, they would tear it down brick by brick.
FROM: Howard R. Ryland
Capitol police officer
On Congress, (None), Conversation, US
- NULL (1)
- IN: The Tenth Justice (1997) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: In a capital full of classified matters, and full of leaks, the Court keeps private matters private.
Reporters may speculate; but details of discussion are never disclosed, and the vote is revealed only when a decision is announced.
FROM: The Supreme Court Historical Society, (None), NULL, US
- William Brennan (1)
- IN: The Tenth Justice (1997) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Equal Justice Under Law
Five votes can do anything around here.
FROM: Supreme Court Justice, (None), NULL, US
- Bob Dylan (1)
- IN: The Millionaires (2002) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Twenty-three percent of people
say they would steal if they couldn’t get caught.
… but to live outside the law, you must be honest.
FROM: Absolutely Sweet Marie, (1966), Song, US
- Ralph Waldo Emerson/ Albert Einstein (1)
- IN: The Book of Fate (2006) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: Whatever limits us, we call Fate.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
God does not roll dice.
FROM: Fate/ Letter to Max Born, (NULL), Essay/ Letter, Germany
- Abraham Lincoln (1)
- IN: The Fifth Assassin (2012) Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: "What will Miss Harris think of my hanging on to you so?" Mary Lincoln asked, holding her husband's hand.
"She won't think anything about it," Abraham Lincoln replied.
FROM: Last words Lincoln spoke before John Wilkes Booth put a bullet in his brain., (1865), Conversation, US